Essays Tagged: "death toll"

Why the law of damages is more favourable to commercial interests than personal interests.

mber 2 Mine in Moura, Central Queensland . In a bitter attack the Workers News declared that 'these deaths were not an unexpected accident, but a direct result of BHP's drive to boost productivity and ... direct result of BHP's drive to boost productivity and cut costs. They form part of the disastrous death toll now escalating through industry' .This paper seeks to determine what role the law relatin ...

(17 pages) 241 1 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The date of death

they watched the screen from outside the Retrovision store window. 'Police are still baffled as the death toll rises now to nine about the identity of the serial killer who still stalks the streets of ...

(6 pages) 61 0 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The problems faced by mankind today are going to destroy him

querque BarbosaThere is a constant war that is being fought in the rainforests ofSouth America. The death toll is one that far surpasses any other war inhistory. Vietnam and World War II had minimal l ... these century old forests, there aremany tribes of Indians who are subjected to torment and usually deathfrom the large companies. Heartless Corporations such as Endesa,Arboriente and PICOP ignore the ...

(6 pages) 71 0 3.8 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The Rape of Nanking

tured, and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese civilians in a few weeks. Despite the amazingly large death toll and convincing evidence many of the Japanese to this day deny the events ever occurred. I ... lectrical posts. Many Japanese subjected large groups of victims to incineration or to be frozen to death.The people of Nanking were not left completely hopeless. A small group of Americans and Europe ...

(2 pages) 209 7 4.1 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Global Marketing: Case Study on Effects Of 9/11.

as flown into the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and a fourth plane crashed near Pittsburgh. The total death toll was estimated to run into thousands. Airports, borders and stock markets in America were ...

(14 pages) 602 0 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Report on the black death

Black DeathThe Black Death, which was at first called the great Mortality originated in Asia in the early ... read to India, Egypt, and all of Asia Minor. By 1346 word reached Europe of a horrible plague, with deaths estimated to be over 23 million. But to Europe, Asia was a different world. So it came as dre ... me to Italy in October of 1347. Following trade routes, particularly via ship, it took a staggering death toll in the Italian peninsula and swept through Europe, reaching England in the summer of 1348 ...

(2 pages) 62 0 4.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Guns.

Death is a fact of life and these days so are guns. TOday gun control is one of the vital issues on ... killings there are in the United States? Would stricter gun control make a difference or would the death toll stay the same.You should always have the right to protect your family and that means you ... round because the truth is that the gun that was for protection will likely become a family members death warrant. The second amendment says that for military purposes you have the right to bare arms. ...

(5 pages) 66 0 4.2 Jul/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

This essay is primarily about the struggles thatthe younger generation goes through and how death is a every day thing.

ope and problem of young people's depression and suicide, and hinder our ability to help.The annual death toll from suicide worldwide is 120,000, and it is eighth leading cause if death in the United ... 00, and it is eighth leading cause if death in the United States, accounting for One percent of all deaths. Between 240,000 and 600,000 people in the Untied States and Canada attempt suicide every yea ...

(12 pages) 90 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

The amzon rain forest. this essay is about the amazon rain forest and how much longer it will be around for it got me a good grade hope fully for you.

ce we haveTo pay. There is a constant war that is being fought in the rainforestsSouth America. The death toll is one that far surpasses any other war inHistory. Vietnam and World War II had minimal l ... these century old forests, there aremany tribes of Indians who are subjected to torment and usually deathfrom the large companies. Heartless Corporations such as Endesa,Arboriente and PICOP ignore the ...

(6 pages) 76 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Capital Punishment: Cruel and Unusual?

My essay is argumentative on whether or not the death penalty is crule and unusual punishment or necessary means of punishment. Specific laws are qu ... re once found guilty, and other statistical information nationwide regarding means of execution and death toll.In 2002, 71 inmates were executed in various states with in the U.S. 70 of the executions ... ut by lethal injection, only one by electrocution. The state that is notorious for carrying out the death penalty is Texas. Holding the highest record for executions in 2002 with a total of 33. Howeve ...

(6 pages) 176 0 3.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

The Nanking Massacre. A Tragedy Forgotten - Sketch of Nanking Massacre. Discusses atrocities, propaganda, and the charitable deeds of John Rabe.

edy ForgottenWhen mentioned, World War II rings images of cities ruined by German blitzes, Nazi Death Camps, D-Day and perhaps other cases of destruction, both material and human, on the European ... from this genocide exceed even the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and rival the civilian death toll of several European countries throughout the entirety of the war. If they could be resus ...

(5 pages) 57 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Conditions at the frontlines were destructive for soldiers in WW1 discuss

w kinds of weaponry being used, such as heavy artillery and poison gas contributed to a much higher death toll with little opportunity to bury the dead. This led to a dangerous lack of sanitisation, a ... men prevented the frequent replenishment of food and water supplies which also led to sickness and death.The constant bombardment was the cause that there were so many dead bodies that were unburied; ...

(4 pages) 35 0 0.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Comparing the effects of WWI on Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Islands

troops. Eastern Africa, losing the most men in battle, at 100,000 dead, was just as horrible as the death toll of 65,000 in French North Africa and West Africa. Following the end of the war, approxima ... to-day: "What have we got? What are we going to get out of it all?"World War I, cause of countless deaths; many of them innocent, affected not only Germany and the Jewish people, but many surrounding ...

(3 pages) 31 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Essay on Tsunami, December 26th 2004 the disaster that was caused by the Tsuanmi, and it takes a look into its sociological persepctives

ore than 30 feet high as they come into shore and can rush miles inland across low-lying areas. The death tolls were astronomical causing much grief, pain and depression throughout the world. "Estimat ... er along the Chile coastal areas in 1960 and killed many civilians but not nearly comparable to the death toll caused by the vigorous Asian tsunami. Reading in regards to the tsunami that had occurred ...

(8 pages) 128 1 4.8 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The Effects of the 2004 Tsunami.

metres of land. Its waves reached the astounding height of 30 meters.Indonesia suffered the highest death toll; various coastal villages were wiped out, and more than 70% of their population was kille ... lthough people were swiped of the shore. Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania and Seychelles have the lowest death tolls but have also suffered losses due to the tsunami. Somalia was the most affected country ...

(5 pages) 61 0 3.8 Nov/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Necessary to save American lives.

and Truman asked for a declaration of war against Japan. Many battles against Japan had the highest death toll in American soldiers. The battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima are two that many American citi ... soldiers. The battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima are two that many American citizens recognize. As the death toll rose, our military force began to run low on soldiers and train personnel. America needed ...

(8 pages) 46 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Chinese government has killed more than the Nazis- How one day Google and France will have to answer to Chinese liberated from communism.

ded hundreds of victims of torture here in China, said the Communist party was responsible for more deaths than the Nazis, but the West (as shown most recently by Google and Microsoft) will connive wi ... mned them, but the Communist party has taken the lives of 80 million people, 13 times more than the death toll among the Jews, yet the world says nothing.'He still lives in Beijing, where he is at ris ...

(2 pages) 32 0 3.5 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The Road to World War II

with the war itself. For the Americans, who had no wish to go in the first place, the effect of the death toll would weigh heavily upon their souls. The German soldiers, on the other hand, were bitter ... like them once again. To the Friekorp this would be unacceptable. These soldiers were accustomed to death and did not fear it. They welcomed it with open arms for they had seen it all and nothing both ...

(2 pages) 23 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Persuasive essay

history came to an end after tens of thousands of Japanese people had been killed instantly and the death toll climbed to as many as 210,000 casualties from residual blast and radiation deaths. The bo ... by dropping the Atomic bomb. However, the United States could have ended the war sooner with fewer deaths on all sides by offering retention of the Emperor for a quick surrender and threatening Russi ...

(5 pages) 43 0 3.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

The Taiping Rebellion: Asian Studies Paper

ved he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ and the new Messiah. Most sources estimate the total death toll at about twenty million.Hong was the son of a poor farmer near Canton. He was a good stud ...

(4 pages) 31 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History